Police have been called to Broad Street in the centre of Wells this afternoon after a vehicle narrowly missed the front of the Kingfisher shop as it mounted the pavement.

The car which is thought to have lost control while being parked hit the vehicles either side of it.

Avon and Somerset police said: "We were called to reports of a three car crash at 3.30pm this afternoon.

"One car car almost ended up in a shop."

An eyewitness said they believe the vehicle was being driven by an elderly person when their foot slipped on the accelerator and it hit the vehicles either side of it, before narrowly missing the shop front when it mounted the pavement.

An ambulance was called to the scene for the occupants of the vehicle.